Chesapeake Bay - Get Involved

There are many ways that you can get involved to help restore Chesapeake Bay.
Here we provide a few examples, but encourage you to visit some of the other excellent websites that will help you make a difference.

A few examples of how you can get involved:

Reduce or stop fertilizing your lawn and garden. If you want to fertilize your lawn, autumn is the most appropriate time for cool season grasses.
Look for ways to filter run-off, such as directing drains and gutters into vegetated areas.
Plant native trees and plants along your neighborhood stream to increase the riparian buffer, thereby decreasing the amount of unfiltered storm water running into the stream.
Maintain your septic system and if possible. Replace with a more advanced system that has nitrogen removal capabilities.
Reduce your use of electricity and automobiles. Nitrogen oxide released from vehicles and power plants deposits on the Bays watershed, eventually washing into the Bay and stimulating algal blooms.
Hold a neighborhood cleanup to remove trash from the streets and stream banks before it enters the Bay.

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